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From: "John Duncan" <>
Subject: Re: [LKS] Glebe
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:03:59 +1100
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My dictionary gives these definitions:-

GLEBE:- the soil {arch.} a clod {arch.} a field {arch.}: the land attached
to a parish church.
glebe-house, a [church] manse {L. gleba, a clod}.

John Duncan, Melbourne, Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenny Martin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [LKS] Glebe


> Hi Dorothy,
> Sorry should have read.....
>
> Glebe (in any townland name) = Land was once church land.
>
> Jenny
> Wellington New Zealand.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dorothy rothwell" <>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 10:54 AM
> Subject: [LKS] Glebe
>
>
> > Hi, Would someone please tell me the meaning of the word GLEBE?
> > Dorothy
> >
> >
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